Re: pgsql-server/src backend/bootstrap/Tag: backen ...

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> I thought the consensus of the discussion was that this was not
> >> necessary.  It sure doesn't strike me as a good idea.
>
> > This is only in the WIN32_DEV, where installing bison/flex is a pain.  I
> > copy the needed files over manually when I update that CVS from HEAD.
>
> That's not a pain?  You don't expect that WIN32_DEV will be broken on a
> regular basis because its derived files are out of date?
>
> Mind you, I do not actually give a darn whether WIN32_DEV is broken.
> What bothers me about this is that if it's considered a good idea for
> WIN32_DEV (whose only users, presumably, are developers clueful enough
> to obtain the needed tools for themselves) then whenever Windows support
> gets merged back to HEAD, we will be feeling pressure to do the same in
> the HEAD branch.  And that is something up with which I will not put.

It is just easier for them to get start.  Yea, they will need it when it
is merged.

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